The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-09-15

in the country work OF our Conference.
At Hillsboro $3.50 were spent on parson.
age improvements. At Leesburg our
people havc at length determined to
build a parsonage. They now pay $50
q year rent. For some time they have
had 81 ,ISOi in casl, and good subscription
toward building. Do you ask why then
do they not build? Tdoni know. The
house should have been ready for occu.
pancy October l. 1t may yet be ready
by Christmas. hope it will
PARSONAGE DIVISION AGREEMENT.
had been but short time on the dis
trict when discovered serious trouble on
the circuits growing out OF the division of
parsonage property, and in some cases
where the interests of the work demand.
ell changes they were held together by
parsonage interests. The following agree
ment was drawn up and favorably re-
ceived in nearly all cases interested, viz;
"1n case any society now embraced In
this charge be separated therefrom, and
be called upon In Its new circuit TO
provide parsonage, II shall be en-.
titled to pro rate Of tho value Of the
parsonage at the time Of the separation
in the same proportion as the funds con-
tributed by said society held to the en-
tire cost of procuring and maintaining
said parsonage. In case there be par
sonage fund to help in building, the di.
vision OF said fund shall be in the pro-
portion of the amounts paid by the 80.
cieties toward the support of the pastor
at the time of the investment" Should
not some such equitable arrangement as
this have place in their discipline
Under this agreement five parsonages
have been built during the last four years
and two more are in the hands OF commit
tees on subscription. 1t is doubtful il
more than one or two of these could
have been built but for the form OF the
agreement.
INsURANCE-DEEDs.
The matter OF insurance has had un-
usual attention during tho year, though
as yet only "a churches or parsof,sages
out of the lO7 on the district, or leso
than one-third, are insured. This, how
ever, is three times as many as last year.
We should have church property in.
surance bureau in connection with our
Board of Church Extension.
have at least made good beginning
toward the examination of the titles to
church property. There are 1l6 pieces
of property belonging to the church
within the bounds of the district. l have
examined about forty, and have necessa-
ry memoranda showing the place where
recorded, style OF deed, whether trust
clause, &c. l have found some strange
Irregularities and a few reversionary
deeds. In several instances steps have
been taken toward supplying deficien-
cies, and some new deeds have been se-
cured.
LOCAL HISTORY.
Attention is being given in some of
the charges to gathering up the local
history of the churches. Notably is this
true of the old Union Circuit which, in
1910, was carved out of the Scioto and
the Mad River Circuits. The pastor,
Bro. Witham, moving in the matter the
Quarterly Conference ordered him to
purchase trunk, to be kept by the Re-
cording Steward, in which is to be de-
posted all deeds and the class books,
records, etc., as they may be filed up
together with such other historical data
as may be procured. A good deal has been
done already in gathering this material.
Under the labors of Bro. Conger, the
New Lexington Society, few weeks ago,
celebrated their semi.centennial, and
much valuable matter was contributed
toward a good history. Why should not
this Conference organize a Conference
Historical Society with depositary at the
Book Concern ?
MUNICIPAL PROHIBITION.
Several of the towns embraced in the
district have during the year excluded
the saloons. Hillsboro, Wilmington,
Sabina and New Vienna, after hot cam.
paigns, voted overwhelmingly to Danish
them. Wilmington is reported to be 90
unfortunate q to have Mayor who has
attempted to reach up and declare uncon-
stitutional even the statute under which
the prohibitory ordinance was passed.
This for the present paralyzes the pro-
hibition in that place. In Hillsboro,
however, the ordinance is being enforced
with such vigor that there is no saloon
in the town. There were thirteen.
There is, no doubt, good deal of liquor
sold illegally under drugstore prescrip-
ton and club devises, but while not Q
few are eager to say as much or more
liquor is sold a. before it is evident to all
observing citizens that not anything
like 80 much is used. Since the ordi-
nance went into effect on the LIST of Nav